Main Sector of relevance\IRC classification 1. Agriculture, Food and Marine Resources
1.6 Combined planting unit AKP-4
Developers’ contact information
Republican Unitary Enterprise "The Institute For Vegetable
Growing of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus"
127/ 1, Mayakovskiy Str., 220028 Minsk
Tel/ Fax: +375 (17) 223-37-11; e-mail:
belniio@mail.ru
Summary
Combined planting unit carries out formation of narrow-purpose trapezoid beds 10-18 cm high, 15-25 cm wide in upper section, single- and twin-row seed planting of vegetable crops with a single-seed method. It carries out 11 technological processes: tillage of soil after tractor produces a track, tillage of soil on the even surface in the zone of location of beds, formation of ridges, formation of narrow-purpose beds with various parameters and simultaneous compaction, formation of one or two grooves for seeds on the surface of beds, single-seed planting of seeds, covering seeds with soil, compaction of soil above seeds, with consequent covering of grooves with seeds with soil and micro-compaction and formation of soil on the surface of beds.
Description
AKP-4 combined planting unit’s specifications
Coverage – 2.8 m,
Planting method: single-row every 70 cm; twin-row 62+8 cm
Number of planting sections – 4 pieces.
Efficiency – 1.6-1.9 ha/h.
Supplied with a set of seeding disks for seed planting of carrot, table beet,
cabbage, radish, and haricot with space between rows from 1.5 to 30.0 cm.
Technology type
Technical advantages and economic benefits
The unit provides:
- reduction of seed consumption as compared to unit KPA – 2.8-15%;
- commercial yield: 80%;
- with respect to cost reduction due to decrease in seed consumption and
increase in produce merchantability by 13,948.27 thousand rubbles, the unit
makes it possible to save up on mechanical labour by 11.260.92 thousand
roubles, and yield annual economical effect to the extent of 7926.0 thousand
rubbles, or 3.8 thousand standard conversion units.
Technology differentiation and uniqueness
Original development combining 11 technological operations, reducing consumption of seeds, fuel and energy and labour resources.
Context in which technology was identified
International Specialized Exhibition “Belagro” 2006-2008,
Awarded with a golden medal on Russian agro-industrial exhibition “Golden
Autumn - 2006”
Technological keywords
Combined unit, narrow-purpose beds, single-row, twin-row, single-seed planting.
Development Stage
Intellectual property rights
Range of applications
Agriculture.
Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres
Preferable Regions
Practical experience
Tested in Belarus and Russia.
Environmental impact
Ecologically safe.
Type of collaboration sought
Terms and restrictions
License contract.
Available technical assistance